later announced they gave tim richmond a new test and tested negative . tim richmond filed a lawsuit against nascar after nascar insisted they wanted access to his entire medical record before they would reins ##tate him , after losing the lawsuit , richmond withdrew from racing . nascar later stated their original test was a " bad test . " richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a free ##wheel ##ing lifestyle , earning him the nickname " hollywood " . in describing richmond ' s influence in racing , charlotte motor speedway president hum ##py wheeler said : " we ' ve never had a race driver like tim in stock car racing . he was almost a james dean @ - @ like
later announced they gave tim richmond a new test and tested negative. tim richmond filed a lawsuit against nascar after nascar insisted they wanted access to his entire medical record before they would reinstate him, after losing the lawsuit, richmond withdrew from racing. nascar later stated their original test was a " bad test. " richmond grew up in a wealthy family and lived a freewheeling lifestyle, earning him the nickname " hollywood ". in describing richmond's influence in racing, charlotte motor speedway president humpy wheeler said : " we've never had a race driver like tim in stock car racing. he was almost a james dean @ - @ like